WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:02.160 Welcome to the Big Blue and Sider or Dick Gabriel 2 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:04.120 with you on a Friday edition of our shows, we 3 00:00:04.160 --> 00:00:06.719 wrap up the week. Coming up, we're gonna preview the 4 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.800 Belmont with Alis Starr, the uber Kapper. We'll try to 5 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:11.279 make a little money. He try to help you make 6 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:13.720 a little money as well. On the third Jewel of 7 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:16.879 Racing's Triple Crown. No triple Crown winner this year, as 8 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.719 you know, but top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby 9 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:24.519 will lock up again. Plus it also matches the winner 10 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:26.399 of the Derby against the winner of the Preakness, So 11 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:29.359 it's going to be fun. I loved racing anyway, but 12 00:00:29.399 --> 00:00:31.920 it's always more fun when there's a triple Crown on 13 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.280 the line. But Elis will help us with that. And 14 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:37.039 then we'll talk to mister Baseball, Brian Milam, sports director 15 00:00:37.039 --> 00:00:41.280 from WKYT. We will talk football and basketball, but Brian, 16 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.039 we'll slip in a little bit of baseball as well. 17 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.840 It is June sixth, It is the anniversary of D Day, 18 00:00:48.479 --> 00:00:52.439 and boy, last year on the anniversary of D Day, 19 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.359 there were so many documentaries I found myself immersed in 20 00:00:56.560 --> 00:01:01.399 so many specials and docs on world War two. It 21 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:05.000 was incredible. I'm not sure why. I mean, I'm of 22 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:08.239 a certain age where I've been around for a while 23 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:10.560 and I've read about World War Two. I've seen a 24 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.840 lot of movies and documentaries, but for some reason last 25 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:16.599 year it just seemed like I got into it so 26 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.480 much more. And you know, watch documentary series and things 27 00:01:20.519 --> 00:01:25.159 like that. But the date rolls around again, and you know, 28 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:29.599 it's it's a topic of conversation. What's being taught in 29 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:32.680 school these days? You know, And we can debate that 30 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.120 all night long, but you know, it's it's just something 31 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:39.280 that needs to be discussed. Pearl Harbor needs to be 32 00:01:39.359 --> 00:01:44.560 discussed more than other things. But D Day basically saved 33 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:47.359 the free world. And my kids are long out of school, 34 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.519 so I have no idea what's being taught now. But 35 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:55.640 it's a good opportunity now with so many quality products 36 00:01:55.680 --> 00:01:59.719 out there in terms of documentaries that I really believe 37 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:03.319 school should be using those as much as written material 38 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:07.959 books or online information about topics like D Day. I 39 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:11.840 remember watching Ken Burns documentary on the Vietnam War. It 40 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:15.439 was sensational and just about everything he does really is. 41 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:18.400 But you know, I lived through when I was a 42 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:23.520 teenager much younger as well. The Vietnam War and my 43 00:02:23.680 --> 00:02:27.840 draft class. I was eligible for the draft, but my 44 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:32.280 status was one H, which meant one holding because they 45 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.000 still had the draft back then, but they had stopped 46 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:39.199 it for a while, so had they started it back up, 47 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.439 I would have been reassigned a number. They would have 48 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.159 had that lottery thing where your birthday comes up and 49 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:49.280 that's the sides who goes in when. But my draft 50 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:52.919 status I had a draft card was one H. But 51 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:54.800 you know, what I knew about the Vietnam War was 52 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.280 what I heard and read on TV, radio, newspapers, things 53 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:01.039 like that. But it was, you know, nippets here and there. 54 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.039 I didn't do any deep dive until I read some 55 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.240 things about the Vietnam War. But when I watched Ken 56 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.800 Burns's documentary, it all came back to me, all the 57 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:14.400 names of the places, the battles, the people, and it 58 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:18.599 kind of condensed it and this huge chunk of information, 59 00:03:18.719 --> 00:03:21.199 And now I have more understanding all these years later 60 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.240 of the Vietnam War compared to what I have back 61 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:25.879 in the day. I think that's what they needed to 62 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:31.759 use to teach kids today about events like June sixth, 63 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:34.599 nineteen forty four. I will tell you this though on 64 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:39.120 the lighter side, it is National Donut Day. Yeah, that's right. 65 00:03:39.479 --> 00:03:43.800 This goes back to World War One. Actually, it began 66 00:03:43.840 --> 00:03:46.840 in nineteen thirty eight as a day to honor and 67 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:53.639 recognize Red Cross volunteers who distributed donuts to soldiers in 68 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:59.560 World War One, and so they began to recognize National 69 00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:02.960 Donuts Day in nineteen thirty eight. I did not know that. 70 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:04.879 I know there was a National Donut Day. I couldn't 71 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:07.199 have told you to date. I didn't know there are 72 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:15.599 other donut holidays. National Jelly Filled Donut Day is June eighth. 73 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:20.279 That's Sunday. Sometimes it says June ninth, but usually June eighth. 74 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.959 That's me. I'm a jelly filled donut kind of guy. 75 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:25.000 And if you listen to the show earlier this week 76 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:29.920 with Cameron Mills, we talked about donuts at length because Cameron, 77 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:32.279 when he got out of school, had some barnstorming money 78 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:35.279 in his pocket. He thought, Hey, we don't have a 79 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:39.959 Krispy Kreme donut shop here in Lexington, and so he 80 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:42.920 tried to alleviate that situation. We're going to share more 81 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:44.920 about that with you if you missed it later in 82 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:50.480 the show. National Cream Filled Donut Day is celebrated on 83 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.439 September fourteenth. That's a day before my birthday. I am 84 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:58.000 not a cream filled donut guy. No thanks. National Boston 85 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:04.360 Cream Pie Day is October twenty third. You can get 86 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:10.120 a Boston cream pied donut. There are free donuts out 87 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:15.800 there for the taking. Go to Dunkin Donuts and I 88 00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:19.759 guess it's still on this evening. If you buy a drink, 89 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:24.519 you get a free donut. Go to Krispy Kreme you 90 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:26.399 can get a free donut, and you can get a 91 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.480 dozen of the originals the original glaze for two dollars 92 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:34.519 if you buy one dozen at the usual price. So 93 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:37.040 she'll end up with two dozen donuts, which is far 94 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.680 better than one dozen. So Happy National Donut Day to you. 95 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:44.879 And a tip of the BBI cap to veterans everywhere, 96 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.600 especially the remaining few served in World War Two, and 97 00:05:49.959 --> 00:05:56.199 a nod to everybody, including Yankees. Legendary catcher Yogi Bera, 98 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:01.639 who served and fought on at Normandy. He was a 99 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:06.000 machine gunner and he was in a small watercraft that 100 00:06:06.120 --> 00:06:10.920 fired machine guns and rockets at the German encampments trying 101 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.399 to protect the soldiers on the beaches. And there are 102 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:18.079 all kinds of stories out there about athletes who served 103 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:22.319 not just in World War Two but on d Day 104 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:25.759 NBA playoffs last night. If he didn't see it, pull 105 00:06:25.759 --> 00:06:28.600 it up, even if you're not an NBA fan, bad 106 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.639 news for former Wildcat Shay Gildess Alexander He and his 107 00:06:32.720 --> 00:06:37.879 Oklahoma Thunder teammates blew it. They led for the entire game, 108 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:43.040 right up until there were point three seconds left. That's 109 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:47.920 when Tyrese Halliburton, with former Wildcat Cason Wallace in his face, 110 00:06:48.879 --> 00:06:51.160 pulled up and hit a twenty one foot jumper and 111 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:57.160 rattled home, erasing a fifteen point Thunder lead and giving 112 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:01.120 the Pacers a one to eleven one ten in in 113 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.319 Oklahoma City. Yeah, that Thunder got got off a lob 114 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:07.759 play out of bounce, but the Pacers knocked it away 115 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:11.040 with point three seconds left. And we were talking earlier 116 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:15.079 this week about the fact that Mark Pope likes the 117 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.720 rule where if you call time out in the closing seconds, 118 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.879 you get the ball in mid court, And had the 119 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:24.160 Thunder completed a play, it would have made his point 120 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.319 that you had the opportunity with the situation like that 121 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:30.279 for an incredible play at the end of the game. 122 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.360 Point three seconds left and you gotta go to the 123 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:34.920 link of the court. You got virtually no shot. But 124 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.079 because of course it was the final moments, okay, see 125 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:40.279 calls time out, they get the ball in mid court. 126 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:42.519 The only recourse they had was to lob the ball 127 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:44.839 at the basket. Everybody knew that you can't get a 128 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:49.399 shot off in point three, but Pacers knocked it away. 129 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.480 Game over. But when we discussed this earlier in the week, 130 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.639 I also shared a SoundBite from Sporting News is Mike 131 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:59.560 de Corsi about how much he hates that rule and 132 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.680 I'm not crazy about it. I see Pope's point, he 133 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:05.160 would like to see it in the college game. I 134 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:07.560 kind of sided with Mike de Courci on it. And 135 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.879 that's what I was thinking about last night watching the 136 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:16.519 Thunder try to lob one in. But now OKAC and 137 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:20.759 the championship rounds down one nothing after losing at home, 138 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:25.000 and the Pacers just keep coming back. They're that kind 139 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:28.959 of team. But they just ground and ground away. Jelgas 140 00:08:29.000 --> 00:08:34.120 Alexander had thirty eight points in forty minutes with five 141 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:39.159 rebounds and three assists. Casein Wallace scored only six points 142 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:42.039 couple of rebounds. He did play thirty three minutes, but 143 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:46.120 he plays primarily, at least in this series, for defense, 144 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.559 and he was there. But Haliburton doing what Aliburton does. 145 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:55.080 And now OKC is down one game to nothing. If 146 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.919 you didn't watch, I get it. Not a lot of 147 00:08:57.159 --> 00:08:59.480 NBA fans around here, but here's what it sounded like. 148 00:08:59.519 --> 00:09:02.279 I love this stuff. First of all, here's the way 149 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:09.120 Mike Breen called it on DESPN on ABC. Breen is 150 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:12.360 renowned as one of the all time greats. But to me, 151 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:15.279 I just don't think a TV guy needs to call 152 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:18.080 each and every move of every play like a radio 153 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.879 guy does. That's what he does in this in insistence 154 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.080 it works. It was one ten to one on nine 155 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.840 when the Thunder had the ball. They came down and 156 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.679 worked for a shot from Gildess Alexander and he got 157 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.279 off a decent shot, but he missed it. So here 158 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:35.399 comes Indiana. 159 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:38.519 Paci's a little chance to win it. Final seconds to 160 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:42.519 fouls to do him. Haliverton looking, Caliverton driving. 161 00:09:42.240 --> 00:09:45.879 Pulls Hauk jump shots that's gone. 162 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:49.399 Put three tons of a second ramatic time out. Okay, 163 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:52.240 see Tyrens. Halliburton does it again. 164 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:59.320 There the first lead look the game. So that was 165 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.200 how Mike Breen called it on ABC. Now here is 166 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:06.639 what it sounded like on the Pacers Radio network with 167 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.360 playboo play man Mike Boyle jil Justess. 168 00:10:09.399 --> 00:10:12.759 Alexander has it nine to shoot. The defender is Nemar. 169 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.840 Here comes the left hand bounce, penetrates the arc. Nemark 170 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:19.120 cuts him off and he missed off the back of 171 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:23.240 the rim. Rebound Indiana eight seconds to go. The Pacers 172 00:10:23.240 --> 00:10:25.919 are not gonna call a time out. Paddleburton has it 173 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.879 with three driving with two pulling. 174 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:32.840 Up head heading with three tenths of a second to go? 175 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:38.559 How many more times can this team do that? 176 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:42.080 Soweet's baby? 177 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:47.320 And that was Pacers Radio. How about ESPN radio with 178 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.840 a veteran Mark Kesterscher. He's got to play it down 179 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.519 the middle, but pretty excited. 180 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.879 It is rebounded by Indiana eight seconds on the clock. 181 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:58.279 They're down one. They have timeouts, but they're gonna play it. 182 00:10:58.519 --> 00:11:01.799 Here's Halliburton driving thing shut up God. 183 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:04.200 With three tenths of a second ago. 184 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:06.679 Halliburton does it again. 185 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:11.279 How does he do it? Ty Reese Halliburton with another 186 00:11:11.559 --> 00:11:14.679 shot to bring Indiana from way back. They've got the 187 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:15.960 lead here in Game one. 188 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:18.399 To me, one of the more interesting things was that 189 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:21.720 all three broadcasters took note of the fact that the 190 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:25.039 Pacers were not calling time out. I think everybody would 191 00:11:25.080 --> 00:11:27.559 be thinking that one way or the other, but U 192 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:29.799 and this goes against the grain for a lot of 193 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:32.320 basketball and got to call time out. No, especially not 194 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:34.519 in the NBA. But these guys are known for being 195 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:39.399 able to create shots. So I hate the Pacers from 196 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.679 my days. I don't hate him, but I hated him 197 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:44.000 when I was an ABA fan, a Colonels fan. I 198 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:45.759 think it would be cool if an Aba team won 199 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.600 another NBA championship. Certainly the Spurs did it, but I've 200 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:53.879 been rooting for OKC because of Gilgris Alexander and now 201 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:57.039 they're down a game. And by the way, one of 202 00:11:57.039 --> 00:11:59.600 the big story, well one of the sidebars that came 203 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:02.360 out of last night's game, and I can I can 204 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:05.000 laugh about this now because well, it didn't happen to me. 205 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:09.320 A station in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is the second 206 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:13.840 biggest market in the state of Indiana's second biggest TV 207 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:18.879 market in the final seconds, they cut into the NBA 208 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:22.240 coverage accidentally and dropped in a news tease. 209 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:26.480 A thunder clinging to this three point leads SGA the 210 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:30.200 drive inside shut flock so you'll come drives it back. 211 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.960 Next on twenty one Alive News, the man who was 212 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:38.960 brutally beaten at Pike's Pub last week has comeing forward 213 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.840 here what he wants to have happened now. Also tonight, 214 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.679 a big night for Pacer fans as Indiana is in 215 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:48.759 the NBA Finals, will show you a local business who 216 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:51.600 has seen a boost from the Yes Sirs, I mean 217 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.600 because see a little fog overnight's night will have the 218 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.159 very latest forecast coming up to get a thanks for 219 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.519 staying up with us, I'm am ra Boss Fort Wayne's 220 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.799 most watched news start. 221 00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:04.519 That's Ga Garner Buy me Mars. That's from WPTA and 222 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.879 Fort Wayne. I checked their website. I record the show 223 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:09.840 earlier in the day, and I checked the website in 224 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:13.559 the morning. There was no apology, There was no mention 225 00:13:13.639 --> 00:13:15.759 of the t's but there was not even a mention 226 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:19.440 of the Pacers win. So somebody at that station needs 227 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:23.919 to be severely admonished discipline. Whatever I mean, I worked 228 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:27.840 in local TV news for thirty five years, and so 229 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:30.840 much of it in the latter stages was about the 230 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:35.600 Internet and updating the station's website. And here's a station 231 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:40.159 website right there in the heart of Indiana Pacers Country, 232 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:44.120 if you will, no mention of the game. What a 233 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:47.200 mistake on two fronts, but especially and that had to 234 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.519 be an automated deal, like it was programmed. The computer 235 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.600 was programmed to run the news ts at a certain point. 236 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.000 I can't imagine that whoever was working at that station 237 00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:59.759 in the area where they make these moves is called 238 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:03.399 Matt Control. Nobody at Master Control is going to have 239 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.519 that game up and be watching and think, huh, this 240 00:14:06.559 --> 00:14:08.279 would be a good time to drop in a news 241 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:12.639 teas now, it had to be automated computer whatever. But 242 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:14.799 and I don't know if it could have been avoided. 243 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:18.039 It had to have been avoided. But what a mistake 244 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:21.320 on more than one account. We'll come back with more 245 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:23.000 of the Big Blue Insider a little bit later on 246 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:28.159 Brian Mylem with WKYT on six thirty WLAP Welcome back 247 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:29.720 to the Big bluon Sider coming up in just a 248 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:32.960 few minutes WKYTS. Brian Mileman. A little bit later on, 249 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:36.120 we'll talk to Ellis Star the uber Kapper and we'll 250 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.840 find out who he likes in tomorrow's Belmont Stakes. And 251 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:42.799 while we're talking about local media people, I know two 252 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:46.919 guys who I think are probably happy right now because 253 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.679 the Pittsburgh Steelers Finally, you know this by now, I've 254 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.039 signed Aaron Rodgers, Will Keith Farmer of l e X 255 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:57.120 and BBN Tonight big Steelers fans. So is Jeff Drummond 256 00:14:57.559 --> 00:15:01.039 of Cats Illustrated. Jay Drumm is I think a lot 257 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:05.320 of people from his generation became a Steelers fan when 258 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.360 the Steelers were excelling back in the seventies under Terry Bradshaw. 259 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.879 When you're a kid and you decide what team you're 260 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:14.120 going to follow and root for. With me, it was 261 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.960 the Saint Louis Cardinals back in the late sixties and 262 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:20.879 the Green Bay Packers in the early sixties. But came 263 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:25.320 in and Jay Drumm both Steelers fans and their prospects 264 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:28.320 at quarterback. Quite frankly, they weren't that great. I don't 265 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.120 know that they're that great now. With forty two year 266 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:35.960 old Aaron Rodgers coming off his worst season in the NFL. 267 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:37.879 But again, he was playing the last two years for 268 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:40.639 the New York Jets and they stunk. I don't care 269 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:42.480 who would have been playing quarterback. They would not have 270 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:45.879 had good years. So the Steelers I think, have more 271 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.600 going for him. So now Rogers at least has a 272 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:51.399 chance if this is his last year, to go out 273 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:55.279 with some dignity. But again, forty two years old, and 274 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.759 he has kept himself in pretty good shape. But I 275 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.000 don't know that I would expect that much. A couple 276 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.840 of different outlets are reporting on of course, right now, 277 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:09.080 Football recruiting Kentucky with two commits for twenty six, and 278 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:13.200 right now they're looking at a safety out of Rockford, 279 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:18.799 Illinois named Messiah It's right, feel in your joke here, 280 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:23.559 Messiah Tilson. He's six y two, one sixty five man. 281 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:25.919 He's got to spend some time in the weight room, 282 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:29.200 but he is a much coveted player, and he's got 283 00:16:29.240 --> 00:16:32.639 Kentucky on his list. In fact, made an official visit 284 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:37.039 this week, and less than a month ago, Kentucky was 285 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:44.200 not in his top six. He's looked at Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota. 286 00:16:44.279 --> 00:16:51.039 Clearly a big ten kind of kid. Rutgers Kansas, but 287 00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:56.320 now Kentucky if he's interested in playing in the Southeastern Conference, 288 00:16:57.320 --> 00:17:04.480 and according to Let's see seven, Frank Boffano offered a scholarship. 289 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:08.559 He's a d Backs coach back in December, so they're 290 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:11.079 on this kid. He is a highly regarded, highly sought 291 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:15.079 after safety. Right now, Kentucky with just two commits in 292 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:19.839 the class of twenty six, including a wide receiver from 293 00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:24.559 San Antonio, Texas, which I found interesting. Davis McCrae says 294 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:26.400 he will play for the Wildcats and we'll come all 295 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:30.960 the way here from San Antonio. Speaking of Texas, there 296 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:35.279 is a great story unfolding in women's salt. I don't 297 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:39.359 know if you're following, but of course Texas Tech signed 298 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:44.599 Nijay Kennedy, who was probably the best pitcher in America 299 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:50.400 pitching for Stanford. Texas Tech's nil benefactors. I think it's 300 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:55.920 just one person paid her a million dollars to come 301 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.359 pitch for Texas Tech and she has pitched the Red 302 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:03.559 Raiders into the championship game against Texas. It's the best 303 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.400 of three series. They split the first two. Now that 304 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.319 Tech won last night. They lost the first game because 305 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:16.720 Texas got to walk off single when Kennedy was trying 306 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:21.119 to walk a batter and ball four got a little 307 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.480 too close and the Texas hitter knocked it into the 308 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:28.279 outfield for a game winning RBI single. Well, Kennedy last 309 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:32.319 night struck out a hit her on three pitches with 310 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.799 the time run of third base. So Texas Tech evens 311 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:39.519 the series and now they'll play for the championship tonight. 312 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:45.519 But the cool story is Jerry Glasgow was the head 313 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:49.000 coach at Louisiana signed on to coach at Texas Tech. 314 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.400 Louisiana's got a good program, and in fact, in twenty fourteen, 315 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:55.680 when Kentucky was at Oklahoma City in the World Series 316 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:57.440 and I got to go do the games on radio, 317 00:18:58.799 --> 00:19:02.400 Louisiana was in the same old tell as Kentucky. But 318 00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:06.319 they hired Texas Tech hired away their coach, Jerry Glasgow. 319 00:19:06.359 --> 00:19:10.759 Now he had a really good pitcher at Louisiana. Some 320 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:16.720 of his players followed him to Texas Tech, including well 321 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:21.400 his best pitcher wanted to follow him. Oneman by the 322 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:27.160 name of Sam Landry, but he told her, no, you 323 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.839 are going to either stay put or go elsewhere, because 324 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.559 he said, it looks like we're going to sign this 325 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.359 kid from Stanford, and you won't be the everyday starter. 326 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.119 And the coach told the player, you know, I value 327 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:43.759 our friendship. I think that would change the dynamics of 328 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:46.680 our friendship if you're not pitching every day. So why 329 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.440 don't you go to Oklahoma and play for the guy 330 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.799 or woman I don't know who it is. Glasgow said 331 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.519 was the best pitching coach in America. And she did. 332 00:19:56.440 --> 00:20:00.759 She transferred did Sam Landry to Oklahoma, and sure enough 333 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:03.920 they had a great year, Oklahoma's four time defending champ 334 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:08.319 And they played Texas Tech in the semifinal round and 335 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:13.039 Tech beat Oklahoma beat the pitcher that Glasgow had coached 336 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.559 at Louisiana. I mean, he was beside himself in the 337 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:19.799 dugout because she lost. He was beside himself because Tech 338 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.000 had won. But I thought that was a heck of 339 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:27.000 a story. And now the million dollar pitcher will face 340 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:32.039 Texas tonight for the championship. And she has thrown four 341 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:36.720 hundred and ninety five pitches in the College World Series. 342 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.359 She has pitched every pitch of every inning of every 343 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:44.400 game in the World Series for Texas Tech. This hasn't 344 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:49.880 happened since twenty twelve, when Alabama's Jackie Trena threw every 345 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:54.880 pitch at the WCWS for the Crimson Tide, which won 346 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:58.920 the title thirteen years ago. Her coach Glasgow said she'd 347 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:02.880 get to start Friday on one condition, quote if she's breathing, 348 00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:05.839 and if you want to check it out, it's on ESPN. 349 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:08.000 You can see it through the app and through ESPN 350 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:10.480 Plus and all that stuff. But just check it out 351 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:16.359 on ESPN Texas Texas Tech for the Softball Championship and 352 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:20.519 IL dollars at work. Up next, Brian Mylem of WKYT 353 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:23.519 here on six point thirty w LAP welcome back to 354 00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:25.960 the Big Blue Insider and joining us down our celebrity 355 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:30.200 hotline as the sports director WKYT. Mister Brian Mylem, Happy 356 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:33.400 Donut Day. First of all, to you, sir, national donut 357 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.920 than favorite. 358 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:41.279 The answer is yes, just yes. You know, if that's 359 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.000 one of my when I go and fill up gas takes, 360 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:46.920 you know, the station vehicles, and if I go in 361 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.880 and if I see one, it's kind of hard to say, colleague, 362 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:51.440 you don't need it, but you need it one of 363 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.480 those things, you know. 364 00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:55.680 Yep, yep. So that's the seafood diet. Yeah, I get 365 00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:58.440 it more importantly though what I mentioned earlier. It is 366 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:02.880 the universary of day June sixth, nineteen forty four, eighty 367 00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:08.359 one years ago. And you again, you're mister baseball, and 368 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:10.559 I know that you're familiar with a lot of the 369 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:14.839 stories about baseball players who dropped the ball, dropped the 370 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:18.400 bad dropped the glove, and enlisted and served. I mentioned 371 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:21.359 Yogi Bear. There are many, many others, but you know, 372 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:24.200 Yogi Bear was there. Normandy Beach is a machine gunner. 373 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:28.359 But those stories always tug in my heart strings. Ted 374 00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:31.920 Williams was a fighter pilot in two Wars. I just 375 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:33.400 think those stories are incredible. 376 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:38.880 Yeah, And it's not just it's incredible that anyone would 377 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:45.519 enlist for any national emergency or any situation like that. 378 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:50.440 But when a professional athlete, and when you look at 379 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:54.119 the names of people who enlisted for World War Two, 380 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:56.839 I mean, it's a Hall of fame list. It's not 381 00:22:57.200 --> 00:23:01.200 just you know your common base fall card number five 382 00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:04.599 fifteen from the nineteen fifty seven or nineteen forty four 383 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:07.319 Bowman set or something, you know exactly you got You've 384 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:10.799 got Yogi as a catcher. You've got Ted Williams as 385 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:14.319 your left fielder. You've got Bob Feller as a starting pitcher. 386 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.279 You've got Joe DiMaggio in center field. I mean, you 387 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:21.079 go on and on and on, and I think of 388 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:24.839 moe Berg. Yes, and the most people were like, who's 389 00:23:24.880 --> 00:23:29.599 mo Burg? He may have been the guy that won 390 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:33.359 World War Two and he was a pedestrian catcher. He 391 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:38.319 spoke seven languages, and on his trips to teach Japan 392 00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:41.720 the game of baseball, he also took pictures of the 393 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.920 city and then the process gave that to the military 394 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:49.240 and they had bombing targets because of what mo Burg 395 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.720 gave them. 396 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:55.960 Yeah, there's a great book. And then a movie called 397 00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:58.400 The Catcher was a spy. I think Paul Rush Yeah, 398 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.839 played mo Burg and it was important to Paul Road 399 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:03.839 because Paul ruds Jewish show is moe Berg. And now 400 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:05.680 that isn't one of your rights. I'm glad you brought 401 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:09.319